' ...the editing is exemplary as well, for which the editors deserve a compliment. All articles are really very informative and written in a clear style by experts. It is obligatory reading for researchers and students working in this field.' Space Science, 853/4 (1998)

• I: Global Structure.- Effects of convection on the mean solar structure.- Convective Overshooting and Mixing.- Effect of turbulent pressure on solar oscillation frequencies.- Parameters of the solar convection zone in evolutionary and seismic models.- A calibration of mixing length theory based on RHD simulations of solar-type convection.- A precision-controlled solar model with realistic subatmospheric stratification.- Solar models with convective overshoot.- Near-surface constraints on the structure of stellar convection zones.- II: Basic Properties of Convection.- Stellar Convection; General Properties.- Compressible Turbulence.- Sound speed variations near the photosphere due to entropy perturbations in 3d numerical experiments.- A hydrodynamic simulation of the radiation-convection transition region.- Photospheric Downflows: How deep, how coherent, how important?.- x201C;Mesogranulation” — A Convective Or An Oscillatory Phenomenon?.- III: Convective Effects on Oscillations.- Convective Effects on Mode Frequencies.- Excitation and Damping of Solar Acoustic Oscillations.- On Nonlinear Solar Oscillations.- Effects of Convection on Solar p Modes.- The theory of Anisotropic P-mode Propagation in the Solar Convection Zone.- IV: Rotation and Magnetic Fields.- Rotation and angular momentum transport.- The Solar Dynamo Problem.- Differential rotation in turbulent compressible convection.- The effects of rotation on the global dynamics of turbulent convection.- The effects of rotation on convective overshoot.- Two-dimensional measurements of Sunspot Oscillations.- V: Local Properties of Convection.- Acoustic Tomography of Solar Convective Flows and Structures.- Dynamic Behavior of the Solar Atmosphere.- The influence of radiative damping on the modes of a magnetizedisothermal atmosphere.- Dynamical Relations between Photosphere and Chromosphere.- Photospheric flows as measured by SOI/MDI.- The Dutch Open Telescope.- The Magneto-Optical Filter in Napoli: Perspectives and Test Observations.- VI: Synthesis.- Synthesis Convection, Structure and Evolution.- Index of Authors.- Index of Keywords.